The meaning of Divorce

verb

Make (someone) feel isolated or estranged.

Usage examples:

An urban environment which would alienate its inhabitants

verb

To cause a person or people to stop supporting someone or to stop feeling welcome

Usage examples:

All these changes to the newspaper have alienated its old readers., the alienation of young adults …

noun

The act of annulling something.

Usage examples:

The applicant sought the annulment of the decision

noun

An official announcement that something such as a law, agreement, or marriage no longer exists, or the process of making this announcement

Usage examples:

Judges only grant marriage annulments in exceptional circumstances., the discovery of the election …

noun

An act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.

Usage examples:

A breach of confidence

verb

Make a gap in and break through (a wall, barrier, or defence).

Usage examples:

The river breached its bank

verb

Disengage (something or part of something) and remove it.

Usage examples:

He detached the front lamp from its bracket

verb

To separate or remove something from something else that it is connected to

Usage examples:

Detach the lower half of the form and return it to the above address.

verb

To separate or remove something from something else that it is joined to

Usage examples:

Detach sth from sth detach the reply slip from this letter and return it to the above address.

verb

Break the connection of or between.

Usage examples:

If the axle unit is partially disconnected from the body, the car should not be driven

noun

An instance of disconnecting or being disconnected.

Usage examples:

A disconnect message

verb

To break a connection that carries a substance or electricity, or to break such a connection used by someone or something

Usage examples:

He disconnected a gas line., carefully tip the grill on its back and disconnect the burner from the…

verb

Separate or disunite.

Usage examples:

They asked that their parish be disjoined from lewis and added to harris

verb

Divide or sever (something).

Usage examples:

A european tradition which had not been willing to dissever reason from the law of nature

verb

(especially in abstract contexts) disconnect or separate.

Usage examples:

The word ‘spiritual’ has become for many dissociated from religion

verb

To consider as separate and not related

Usage examples:

Dissociate someone/something from someone/something i can't dissociate the man from his political o…

noun

The action of formally ending or dismissing an assembly, partnership, or official body.

Usage examples:

The dissolution of their marriage

noun

The ending of esp. an official organization or a legal arrangement

Usage examples:

The dissolution of the spanish empire

noun

The act or process of ending an official organization or legal agreement

Usage examples:

After the dissolution of communist rule in 1989, things began to open up., the party says it will c…

noun

The breaking up of something such as a federation.

Usage examples:

His rejection of disunion was consistent with his nationalism

noun

A situation in which people disagree so much that they can no longer work or exist together in an effective way

Usage examples:

Differences in language can sometimes cause disunion between countries., the team succeeded in prod…

verb

Cause (a group) to break up or separate.

Usage examples:

The depiction of the protesters is designed to discredit and disunite the movement

verb

To cause people to disagree so much that they can no longer work together effectively

Usage examples:

These issues had disunited the party., a disunited party

verb

Separate or be separated into parts.

Usage examples:

Consumer magazines can be divided into a number of categories

noun

A difference or disagreement between two groups, typically producing tension.

Usage examples:

There was still a profound cultural divide between the parties

verb

To separate into parts or groups, or to cause something to separate in such a way

Usage examples:

[ t ] divide the cake into six equal parts., [ i ] the votes divided equally for and against the pr…

verb

Cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others.

Usage examples:

A country which is isolated from the rest of the world

noun

A person or thing that has been or become isolated.

Usage examples:

Social isolates often become careless of their own welfare

verb

Place or set apart

noun

(in islamic law) a form of divorce initiated by the wife, which is effected by the return of her husband's wedding gift.

Usage examples:

The right to divorce has been given to the husband as a means of ending the marriage, while a wife …

noun

The action of leaving or being separated from someone.

Usage examples:

They exchanged a few words on parting

verb

(of two things) move away from each other.

Usage examples:

His lips parted in a smile

noun

The act of leaving or of moving apart

Usage examples:

[ c ] it was a sad parting, because we knew it was the last time we would see each other., she gave…

verb

(especially of a pipe or container, or bodily part such as an organ or membrane) break or burst suddenly.

Usage examples:

If the main artery ruptures he could die

noun

An instance of breaking or bursting suddenly and completely.

Usage examples:

A small hairline crack could develop into a rupture

verb

To burst or break, or to cause something to burst or break

Usage examples:

[ i ] high winds caused the oil tank to rupture., there is a rupture in confidence in government.

adjective

Forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.

Usage examples:

This raises two separate issues

verb

Cause to move or be apart.

Usage examples:

Both owners were trying to separate the dogs

plural noun

Individual items of clothing, such as skirts, jackets, or trousers, suitable for wearing in different combinations.

Usage examples:

Day wear consists of angular shaped separates that include wide-neck jumpers and half-mast trousers.

noun

The action or state of moving or being moved apart.

Usage examples:

The damage that might arise from the separation of parents and children

verb

Divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly.

Usage examples:

The head was severed from the body

verb

Set or keep apart

noun

The action of ending a connection or relationship.

Usage examples:

The severance and disestablishment of the irish church

verb

Break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain.

Usage examples:

The ice cracked and split

noun

A tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain.

Usage examples:

Splits appeared in the decaying planks

proper noun

A seaport on the coast of southern croatia; population 177,500 (est. 2009). founded as a roman colony in 78 bc, it contains the ruins of the palace of the emperor diocletian, built in about ad 300.

verb

Split apart.

Usage examples:

A universe sundered ages ago in a divine war

verb

To break something apart

Usage examples:

The last few bubbles rose from the sundered ship.